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Disregarded extremely mean Republican party harangue (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earbash

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'harangue' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'disregarded extremely mean republican party' is the wordplay.
'disregarded extremely mean republican' becomes 'ear' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'party' becomes 'bash' (term for a party or celebration).
'ear'+'bash'='EARBASH'

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(Other definitions for earbash that I've seen before include "Talk with" , "rabbit" , "go on and on, down-under" , "Scold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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